Where should i host my open source code?
I have a open source project but where should i host? This is the frequently asked question among developers. Below details will certainly help to choose the best code hosting site.
Sourceforge is a leading resource for open source software development and distribution. It hosts more than 250,000 projects and connects more than 40 million users. It uses SVN, Git, and Mercurial version control system. It features include.
- Code hosting
- Wiki
- Bug Tracker
- Forum
- Activity Stats / Project trend analysis
- Mailing List
- Download
- Support to search Projects
Github is the most popular code hosting and collaborative development. It uses Git version control and supports private and public repository. It encourage developers to fork repositories. Its feature include
- Code hosting
- Wiki
- Bug Tracker
- Activity Stats / Project trend analysis
- Download
- Code review
- Support to search Projects, Code and User
- Edit code online
- API Support
- Notfies project updates to followers
Google Code provides a fast, reliable, and easy open source hosting service. It uses Subversion and Mercurial version control and provides 2 GB of storage space. Its features include
- Code hosting
- Wiki
- Bug Tracker
- Download
- Code review
- Activity Stats / Project trend analysis
- Support to search Projects and Code
- API Support
- Notifies project updates to followers
Bitbucket is a free code hosting site which uses Mercurial version control system. It has around 144,000 users and supports public and private repositories. It provides support to branch or fork the existing repository. Its features include
- Code hosting
- Wiki
- Bug Tracker
- Download
- API Support
- RSS feeds for the activity
- Use your own domain to point to your account
CodePlex is Microsoft's open source project hosting web site. It hosts over 20,000 projects. It uses Team Foundation Server or Mercurial as its version control system. Its features include
- Code hosting
- Wiki
- Bug Tracker
- Forum
- Activity Stats / Project trend analysis
- Mailing List
- Download
- Support to search Projects
- Notifies project updates to followers
RubyForge is a home for open source Ruby projects. Its features include
- Code hosting
- Wiki
- Bug Tracker
- Forum
- Activity Stats / Project trend analysis
- Mailing List
- Download
- Support to search Projects
Launchpad is a unique collaboration and hosting platform for software projects. It uses Bazaar version control and hosts more than 20,000 projects. Its feature include
- Code hosting
- Wiki
- Bug Tracker
- Forum
- Activity Stats / Project trend analysis
- Mailing List
- Download
- Support to search Projects
- Builds installable Ubuntu packages
- GNU GetText support to translate your software into almost any language
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